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From: Debbie <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Tobruk the Cat????
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:20:33 -0700
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Hi Joan,

Although not a warbride myself I believe Canadians were in fact ,
involved at Tobruk. Letters and even flight logs were censored so RCAF
logs may not show activity. My Dad was a fighter pilot and he was
involved in the Tobruk battles early on. He continued flying in the
desert until Rommel was defeated.
Perhaps others have similar experiences.
Debbie McCLoy

On 8-Aug-05, at 10:27 AM, Joan Reichardt wrote:

> Good morning, time for a memory test! There was an old movie on
> History channel yesterday called Tobruk. I did not watch it as it had
> American actor (Rock Hudson) as the hero. The US was not in the war
> then, so Rock was a Canadian - presumably because he could not manage
> an Aussie accent - and regardless of the fact that there were no
> Canadians there either. In other words, it was complete fiction!
> Tobruk was a back and forth battle for months between (mostly)
> Australian troops and the Germans and Italians, which ended when
> Rommel eventually took the place. We had a map of the middle east on
> the dining room wall and followed the back and forth progress the
> whole time. It is funny how a place name takes us back to another
> time and how familiar those places were to us I have a vague
> recollection of a comic strip in the Daily Express with Tobruk the cat
> as the main character. Does anyone else remember this - or did I
> dream it?
> Joan Reichardt
>
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